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Totes Pumpkin

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No one does fame quite like pumpkin. No, I am not describing a nonsensical nickname for a reality tv show character you haven’t heard of. I’m talking about the vegetable. It happens every year, but this year pumpkin is especially out of control. Or perhaps, just greedy? I mean, what’s the rest of the cornucopia to do?

In fact, here is an actual list of pumpkin products and/or shenanigans you could accidentally bump into tomorrow:

  • The basics: pumpkins, mini pumpkins, pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin bread, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, adorable pumpkin patches, etc.
  • PSL [aka Pumpkin Spice Latte] [aka the one who got us into this mess]
  • Pumpkin Spice Oreos [That for some reason I have not gotten to try yet! :( ]
  • Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Salted Caramels [Trader Joes]
  • Actually, everything at Trader Joes
  • Pumpkin cream cheese
  • Pumpkin Spice Hummus
  • 92 % of Pinterest [The other 8% is still Mason Jars]
  • Correction: 98% of Pinterest [I just found a whole section of pumpkin mason jar diy crafts]
  • Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake Enchiladas … with Caramel Drizzle
  • Pumpkin Spice Coconut Milk
  • Every instagram photo with the hashtag #basicwhitegirls
  • Pumpkin Pie Toaster Strudel
  • Pumpkin Spice Extra Gum
  • Thomas’s Pumpkin Spice English Muffins
  • Gluten free – dairy free – soy free – egg free – pumpkin truffles
  • Taco Time Pumpkin Empanadas
  • Pumpkin Spice Cat Shampoo [For that trendy teen who’s also really into staying home on the weekends with her cat?]
  • Chobani Pumpkin Greek Yogurt
  • Pumpkin Spice JIF Whips. So basically, this is peanut butter and pumpkin pie spice whipped together. Like that whole peanut butter and jelly in one jar thing. Except Pumpkin.
  • NO, REALLY, EVERYTHING AT TRADER JOES
  • Harvest Pumpkin Tortilla Chips
  • Pumpkin Pie Spice Pringles
  • Rossi Pumpkin Spice Fettuccini
  • Pumpkin French Toast

Oh and did I mention Sugar House does giant pumpkin boat racing every year?

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It is called the “Ginormous Pumpkin Regatta.” Which actually is probably a more accurate name for this entire season.

I don’t know how all those Cotton commercials of famous people dancing around in light, breathable fabrics are working out, but they might want to consider doing whatever pumpkin growers are doing. Because, it is working. We are all drinking the pumpkin spice kool-aid, photographing it, and posting it on instagram. #totespumpkin

Currently: Really fixating on those Pumpkin Spice Oreos actually. They sound like heaven.

Hello Fall

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Hello Fall.

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You’re officially here.

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I’ve seen the signs. The air is crisp and the sidewalks lined with yellow leaves. I look around me and see that never has a population taken sweater weather so seriously. As of now I don’t have to worry about what shirt I’m wearing. I just drape myself in an oversized scarf with an adorable pattern and layer upon layer of sweater. Now that there’s a chill in the air everything I wear is soft, comfy, and overall blanket like.

My friend Emily and I enjoyed the full effect of fall by walking through Memory Grove the other day.

My friend Emily and I enjoyed the full effect of fall by walking through Memory Grove the other day.

And the food, Fall, you bring such good food. People are normally 70% water, but once October hits I’m pretty sure that statistic changes to 70% pumpkin flavored additive.  In fact if someone wanted to take over the country all they’d need to do is drug Starbuck’s pumpkin spice latte supply (Or PSLs as the overplayed commercials like to so affectionately call them). They’d have a thousand zombie-fied millenials and pre teens at their beck and call. But I mean, I get it pumpkin, this is your time to shine. I’m not about to stop you. Even if my preferred beverage is a Carmel Apple spice (I can still make a mean pumpkin chocolate chip cookie).

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Fall, you just give the world a lovely shine. Joe Fox gets it: “Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.” Now if I only I could spend part of my Fall in New York… (A girl can dream right?).

Currently: Watching Criminal Minds after a fun game of Bigger or Better (we ended up with a giant framed print of John Lennon and a stuffed animal).